DIY

    Turn Your Smartphone Into an Awesome Macro Camera With This Simple Hack
    Aug 7, 2015 Allen Mowery

    Smartphones are great, whether you’re grabbing quick snapshots of the kids smearing icing on themselves, making a low-budget film (they’re surprisingly good, actually), or immortalizing…

    How To Build a Programmable Time Lapse Motion Control Platform For $150
    Aug 6, 2015 Allen Mowery

    Time lapse videos are incredible beasts, especially when coupled with dynamic angles and camera movement.  However, purchasing a motion control rig for creating time lapse…

    Mount Your Camera Anywhere with This DIY Flexible Camera Mount
    Aug 3, 2015 Allen Mowery

    Tripods are great, but not always convenient to carry with you.  GorillaPods and other articulated camera mounts are wonderful, but they can get kind of costly….

    Use $3.5 Tube Guards For Epic Light Painting Photography
    Aug 3, 2015 Udi Tirosh

    Eric Pare (previously) just sent in this killer light painting tip. I really enjoy following Eric’s work because he is right there on the verge…

    Install A Blacklight Filter On Your Smartphone Camera For 3 Cents
    Jul 26, 2015 Udi Tirosh

    Black Light can be used for spectacular photography or just for having some photographic fun, but if you just want to try out a quick…

    No Budget For A Drone? Put Your GoPro On A Kite Instead
    Jul 24, 2015 Tiffany Mueller

    If you’ve never heard of the method being used before, attaching your camera to a kite may sound kind of sketchy at first, but the…

    Build A Background Wall On Wheels
    Jul 21, 2015 Guest Author

    Black and white are the default background colors for many of my photos. There are several background systems (paper, fabric, roller blinds, etc.) and I…

    Create an Epic DIY Battery Charging Station For Your Gear
    Jul 20, 2015 Allen Mowery

    Charging batteries is an everyday part of the 21st-century photographer’s life.  While we shared earlier today how to prevent a battery fire, this little bit of…

    Quick Tip: Use Pill Cases To Store 9V Batteries
    Jul 20, 2015 Udi Tirosh

    9 Volt batteries are good for a lot of things, but they are also somewhat dangerous as both terminals are on the same side and…

    Make Your Own Fake Ice Cubes For Photography Staging
    Jul 17, 2015 Allen Mowery

    I’m an impatient person.  I’m also very singularly-minded, so when I get an idea in my head, everything else gets put on hold while I’m…